DOCMAKER v1.1

                                  by

                            Jack A. Orman 
                               Box 858
                          Southaven, MS 38671



        What is DOCMAKER?
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        This program will create an executable  .COM  file  out  of  a
        text  file  of  24  lines  of  80  characters  each. This fast
        operating program can then be used  as  a  stand-alone  screen
        display  or  put  in  a  batch  file  to greatly speed-up text
        writing.


        Features!
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        *  Full Screen text editor!

        *  DOCMAKER  will  read  the  text  out of a .COM file that it
           has created! No need to look for  the  original  text  just
           to modify the document.

        *  Use any word processor that can  save  a  file  as straight
           ascii  text  to make the display that you want to turn into
           a  .COM  program.  Then  use  DOCMAKER  to  turn  the  file
           into a rapid displaying program!

        *  Full selection of colors to  be  used  when  the  .COM file
           displays the text.

        *  On-line help.

 
        How to use DOCMAKER.
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        Using  a  word  processor,  write  the screen of text that you
        would like to be displayed. There can only be 24 lines in  the
        file and each line may be a maximum of 80 characters. Save the
        text in ascii format and exit. 

        DOCMAKER <enter>, will put the program in operation. Select F2
        from the opening screen and you will be prompted for the  name
        of  the  text  file  to  read. DOCMAKER will read the text and
        display it so that it may be checked out before the .COM  file
        is created. 

        Assumming  that  the  file is ready to use, hit the F6 key and
        make a choice of colors to be used in the .COM  file  display.
        The  text  display  will  then  be  set to the colors you have
        chosen so that you may review the choices and modify  if  they
        are not what you want.

        To  create  the  .COM program, hit F3 and you will be prompted
        for a name to use for the  text  display  program.  The  drive
        letter is optional but the extention MUST be .COM! The default
        drive and directory will be used if one is not specified.

        Example:  If  I  want  to create a file called HELP on my hard
                 drive, I would enter 'C:HELP.COM' as  the filename to
                 use. If I want to write this file to my hard drive in
                 the UTIL directory, I would enter 'C:\UTIL\HELP.COM'

        DOCMAKER's  full-screen  editor  may  be used to write text or
        modify a file that has been read into the program's buffer. It
        operates like  a  basic  word  processor  with  no  frills.  A
        display  of  the status of the insert/delete mode is available
        on line 25. It is toggled by the INSERT key. The cursor  arrow
        keys  are  used to move around the screen and PgUp, PgDn, Home
        and End are used to move to extremes of the display. Tab  will
        advance the cursor 10 spaces.

        DOCMAKER  is  copyrighted  and for private, non-commercial use
        only! If you use this  program,  please  make  a  donation  of
        $10 to the author at the above address.